Lamentations 1:17 References

17 Zion astretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The Lord has bcommanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; cJerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.

b 2 Kings 24:2-4, Jeremiah 12:9


2 Kings 24

2 The Lord sent against him abands of Chaldeans, bbands of Arameans, cbands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, daccording to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
3 aSurely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight bbecause of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,
4 and aalso for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.

Jeremiah 12

9 "Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the abirds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the bbeasts of the field, Bring them to devour!

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